Re: [Finale] OT: old Mac disks

2004-04-20 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 19, 2004, at 8:01 AM, Phil Daley wrote: Or just transfer them to PC Format disks, Macs with superdrives (pretty much any Mac after the SE) can format and write PC disks. And newer Macs can read the old 800K disks? My recently defunct Mac could read both PC disks and old 800K Mac disks.

Re: [Finale] OT: old Mac disks

2004-04-20 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 20.04.2004 8:42 Uhr, Mark D Lew wrote My recently defunct Mac could read both PC disks and old 800K Mac disks. I had a pile of ancient 800K floppies which I recycled and used for backing up small files. Just be careful, floppies are _very_ unreliable for backups. Johannes --

[Finale] Trombone grace note interpretation

2004-04-20 Thread Colin Broom
I'm wondering if there are any trombone players/experts out here. My question is, how would a trombonist generally interpret a grace note with a slur onto another note about a 2nd lower (in a 20th century score)?: a. Would they soft-tongue the second note? b. Would they just tongue the first

Re: [Finale] Trombone grace note interpretation

2004-04-20 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
I'm wondering if there are any trombone players/experts out here. My question is, how would a trombonist generally interpret a grace note with a slur onto another note about a 2nd lower (in a 20th century score)?: a. Would they soft-tongue the second note? I certainly would, in a non-jazz

[Finale] Trombone grace note interpretation

2004-04-20 Thread Klaus Bjerre
on 20/04/04 13:57, Colin Broom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering if there are any trombone players/experts out here. My question is, how would a trombonist generally interpret a grace note with a slur onto another note about a 2nd lower (in a 20th century score)?: a. Would they

[Finale] More about blank notation

2004-04-20 Thread Clay Zambo
The point may be moot, since the 2004 disks for OS9 have allegedly begun shipping...but here's the issue anyway: I frequently want to put chord symbols (indicating harmony changes) over held notes--e.g., a whole note is held, but on beat 3 a suspension resolves (or, heck, we just go from one

RE: [Finale] Trombone grace note interpretation

2004-04-20 Thread Colin Broom
Thanks for all the help everyone. It confirms what I had suspected, but it's good to have it from people who know. C. -Original Message- From: Daniel Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 April 2004 15:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Trombone grace

[Finale] [OT] OSX 10.3.3 Preview

2004-04-20 Thread Brad Beyenhof
Can the Preview app in OS X 10.3.3 convert files from PDF to PS/EPS? Also, does it handle PDF links, like the ones in the Finale manual that bring you to different places in the document, or even to a pre-defined place in another document? -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] [OT] OSX 10.3.3 Preview

2004-04-20 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 20.04.2004 21:22 Uhr, Brad Beyenhof wrote Can the Preview app in OS X 10.3.3 convert files from PDF to PS/EPS? Although I haven't tried, I guess you can use the postscript printer driver to compile a PS listing. EPS, no I don't think that's possible. Also, does it handle PDF links, like

[Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread gj.berg
Yup, it most certainly is. It has acquired this Lemur like blink --- very slow blink and then a thought and then the command. Arg! The meta-tool resize command is all messed up -- you hit for half size and dang if it doesn't decide to go all the way down to 5%. My back is one ball of tension

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 20.04.2004 22:49 Uhr, gj.berg wrote The meta-tool resize command is all messed up -- you hit for half size and dang if it doesn't decide to go all the way down to 5%. What do you mean by the meta-tool resize command? The bubble tools are even larger -- more screen space gone. What's

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread Philip Aker
On Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004, at 13:49 US/Pacific, gj.berg wrote: Yup, it most certainly is. It has acquired this Lemur like blink --- very slow blink and then a thought and then the command. Arg! The meta-tool resize command is all messed up -- you hit for half size and dang if it doesn't decide

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 2:15 PM -0700 4/20/04, Philip Aker wrote: I think it best if the OS 9 version was dropped. In fact, it might have been cheaper for Coda to buy the 2 users still running it new G5s rather than pay the engineers for the several months of effort put into it. Philip Aker Hmm, one would be me.

Re: [Finale] More about blank notation

2004-04-20 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
The point may be moot, since the 2004 disks for OS9 have allegedly begun shipping...but here's the issue anyway: I frequently want to put chord symbols (indicating harmony changes) over held notes--e.g., a whole note is held, but on beat 3 a suspension resolves (or, heck, we just go from one chord

[Finale] to upgrade or not to upgrade

2004-04-20 Thread Martin Banner
I have been using Finale 2003 on my Mac quite satisfactorily, thank you, for well over a year, even on my brand new Powerbook laptop. I've been considering upgrading to FinMac 2004, but have seen all the posts here about bug after bug after bug. Since I would be using 2004 in OSX on my laptop,

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 20.04.2004 23:15 Uhr, Philip Aker wrote I think it best if the OS 9 version was dropped. In fact, it might have been cheaper for Coda to buy the 2 users still running it new G5s rather than pay the engineers for the several months of effort put into it. I wouldn't have put it quite as

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Apr 2004 at 14:15, Philip Aker wrote: I think it best if the OS 9 version was dropped. In fact, it might have been cheaper for Coda to buy the 2 users still running it new G5s rather than pay the engineers for the several months of effort put into it. Er, I suspect there are a lot more

Re: [Finale] More about blank notation

2004-04-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Apr 2004 at 17:45, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: The point may be moot, since the 2004 disks for OS9 have allegedly begun shipping...but here's the issue anyway: I frequently want to put chord symbols (indicating harmony changes) over held notes--e.g., a whole note is held, but on beat

Re: [Finale] More about blank notation

2004-04-20 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 4/20/04 3:15 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: The workaround here is very easy, though (putting in an explicit rest), but it could be a pain if you have to do it for a number of measures (though hiding other layers and copying could get it done pretty quicly). You don't even have to do that...

Re: [Finale] More about blank notation

2004-04-20 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 20, 2004, at 3:15 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: The workaround here is very easy, though (putting in an explicit rest), but it could be a pain if you have to do it for a number of measures (though hiding other layers and copying could get it done pretty quicly). Even quicker is the

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not to upgrade

2004-04-20 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 4/20/04 2:55 PM, Martin Banner wrote: I have been using Finale 2003 on my Mac quite satisfactorily, thank you, for well over a year, even on my brand new Powerbook laptop. [snip] With the 2004 updates, have most of the bugs been fixed to run Finale in OSX on a Mac powerbook? I really like

Re: [Finale] More about blank notation

2004-04-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Apr 2004 at 15:31, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 4/20/04 3:15 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: The workaround here is very easy, though (putting in an explicit rest), but it could be a pain if you have to do it for a number of measures (though hiding other layers and copying could get it done

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not to upgrade

2004-04-20 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/20/04 5:42:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like 2004, but I admit that I haven't had a whole lot of time to delve into its new features.  The biggest problem that exists at this point is the inability to save EPS files. I've been waiting to hear from anyone -

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004b sys 9 -- horrible

2004-04-20 Thread Jerry W. Kortge
Gadzooks, I must be the other! Jerry At 2:15 PM -0700 4/20/04, Philip Aker wrote: I think it best if the OS 9 version was dropped. In fact, it might have been cheaper for Coda to buy the 2 users still running it new G5s rather than pay the engineers for the several months of effort put into it.

Re: [Finale] Trombone grace note interpretation

2004-04-20 Thread Horace Brock
Klaus is entirely correct. Even a mediocre trombonist, such as myself, can play the grace and the main note as two distinct notes. That said, the composer's intent and the conductor's interpretation rule. I recently played a piece with a passage involving grace notes, and the conductor asked us to

Re: [Finale] Trombone grace note interpretation

2004-04-20 Thread Carl Dershem
Colin Broom wrote: I'm wondering if there are any trombone players/experts out here. My question is, how would a trombonist generally interpret a grace note with a slur onto another note about a 2nd lower (in a 20th century score)?: a. Would they soft-tongue the second note? b. Would they just

Re: [Finale] OT: old Mac disks

2004-04-20 Thread Rocky Road
I have a Mac SE running System 6. I have a bunch of Microsoft Word documents on 800K floppies. Is there any way to get those documents to a PC? 1. I would first try a USB external floppy on a modern mac. Copy the data, burn it to one CD and put that in the PC 2. Or if current USB floppy drives